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Cold Ash road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 159 road traffic collisions in Cold Ash, West Berkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 213 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 45 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
159
2,199th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
213
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
45
51 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cold Ash

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious4528%
  • Slight11170%

What the data shows

  • Cold Ash had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Cold Ash were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Cold Ash are between 6pm and 9pm, with 22% of collisions.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cold Ash, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Cold Ash ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,199th
Most casualties
2,196th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,853rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (18%)
  • Tuesday16 (10%)
  • Wednesday30 (19%)
  • Thursday23 (14%)
  • Friday25 (16%)
  • Saturday15 (9.4%)
  • Sunday22 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights lit9 (5.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway158 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph67 (42%)
  • 40 mph52 (33%)
  • 50 mph6 (3.8%)
  • 60 mph34 (21%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds129 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant137 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (15%)
  • Pedestrian20 (9.4%)
  • Cyclist13 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cold Ash road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cold Ash, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cold Ash peaked at 9 in 1998; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202411
202311
202200
202134
202024
201934
201811
201722
201634
201533
201424
201333
201222
201135
201000
200900
200833
200756
200656
200545
200449
200322
200211
200111
200058
199967
1998910
199713
199667
199522
199434
199334
199211
199149
199057
198957
198848
198778
198623
198579
1984812
1983912
198222
198144
198078
197924

Map of recent crashes in Cold Ash

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cold Ash

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cold Ash

The 24 most recent collisions in Cold Ash happened between 9 April 2014 and 23 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cold Ash

Of the 159 collisions in Cold Ash, 50 were on the B4009.

Collisions in Cold Ash on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB40095074112

Council area for Cold Ash

Cold Ash is in West Berkshire, where police recorded 22,353 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cold Ash accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Cold Ash

All 159 collisions in Cold Ash were in the RG18 postcode district.